Participate in the 2019 ESRI/VGA Map Competition.
In this the fourth year of the story map competition the theme is
How have resources impacted the lives of Virginians?
The organizing question for this year’s competition is “How has the use of resources impacted the lives of Virginians?” Employing the definition of resources as anything people consider useful; natural, human, and capital resources are the focus of this year’s Esri/VGA StoryMap competition. Students may choose to focus on only one type of resource or a combination. From a social studies perspective, entries could address historical events such as the role of tobacco in the development of the Virginia colonial economy, or the effects of coal mining on the physical and cultural landscape of Virginia. Using the scientific perspective, entries could highlight renewable and nonrenewable energy resources and the consequences of their use.
Students can explore the theme at the local or state scale of geography. The theme of the Story Map competition is broad and could be approached from a variety of perspectives including the personal. Loosely defined, the “environment” can be viewed in both physical and human contexts. Entries could address pollution, pollution mitigation, environmental issues, and case studies such as the dumping of kepone into the James River and current efforts to use oysters to improve water quality.
Entries must be from an ArcGIS Organizational account and must be in the form of a Story Map (“new” template), or a Story Map (any of the “classic” templates), or an ArcGIS web app (via template or builder). Entries should go beyond the descriptive and analyze, interpret, and present data via an ArcGIS web app or story map. Student-created story maps or web apps, must focus on content aligned with the theme and located within the Commonwealth of Virginia. Entries should be analytical in nature, map-centric rather than photo-centric or relying on too much text.
See the specific competition rules for information about the number of photos and their sources.
ArcGIS 2020 Flyer contains link to registration
Complete Competition Directions 2020
Check the Virginia Geographic Alliance Website as details become available.